Definition of Genus Cannabis

1. Noun. Hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae.

Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Cannabidaceae, Family Cannabidaceae, Hemp Family
Member holonyms: Cannabis, Hemp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cannabis

genus Campanula
genus Campephilus
genus Camponotus
genus Camptosorus
genus Campyloneurum
genus Campylorhynchus
genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis
genus Canna
genus Cannabis (current term)
genus Cantharellus
genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx

Literary usage of Genus Cannabis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"764), we may add that laticiferous cells have been recorded also in the second genus (Cannabis) of the ..."

2. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"... <k to which only two plants, hemp (genus Cannabis} and the hop, belong, closely allied to ttie nettle order. ..."

3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"In only one genus, Cannabis, did the leaves sink in the evening, and Kraus attributes this movement to the prepotency of their epinastic growth. ..."

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